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AS ELECTED THE
CONFERENCES NEXT GOVERNOR BY
1400 OF HIS PEERS.
>> MY NAME IS DEMETRIUS DILLARD.
>> HE'S A MIX OF NATURAL
CURIOSITY AND TALENT AND HARD
WORK.
>> MY DAY DOESN'T INVOLVE A LOT
OF FREE TIME AND IT'S WORTH IT.
>> HE SHOWS IT IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT WAY.
UP UNTIL NOW THE MOST VISIBLE
HIS EFFORTS ON THE FOOTBALL
FIELD.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER AND DEFENSE
INTERVIEW END AT HOLLY CROSS.
IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS LOOKING AT
HIM.
>> THOSE AREN'T THE ONLY EYES ON
HIM.
>> THIS IS CELLPHONE VIDEO SHOT
BY HIS MOM WHO IS ADMITTEDLY NOT
THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER.
>> IT'S DEMETRIUS SPEAKING AT
THE YMCA YOUTH CONFERENCE IN
LOUISVILLE.
IT'S THE LARGEST YOUTH
CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A DELEGATE OF OUR STATE AND
TO ALSO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR
STATE.
NOT ONLY DID HE SPEAK.
HE OUT SPOKE EVERYBODY.
ALL 1400 OF HIS PEERS.
IF EVERYBODY STANDS UP AND IF
EVERYBODY SPEAKS OUT.
IF NO ONE IS AFRAID OR JUST
THROWS IT OFF.
OUR VOICES WILL EVENTUALLY BE
HEARD.
>> THEY ELECTED HIM TO THE
CONVERSATION'S TOP HONOR.
GOVERNOR OF THE 2017 CONFERENCE.
WHAT MAKE THAT'S STAND OUT EVEN
MORE IS THE FACT THAT HE STOOD
OUT SO MUCH.
>> ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE MANY
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE LOOKED
LIKE ME OR SHARED SAME BELIEFS.
EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM.
ALL 1400 LISTENED TO WHAT I HAD
TO SAY AND TOOK IT SERIOUSLY
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS EQUAL
THERE.
>> HIS DAYS ARE LONG AND
EXHAUSTING.
HIS GOALS CHALLENGING BUT
REACHABLE.
>> IN FACT, HIS AFFINITY FOR
PUBLIC SPEAKING MIGHT LEAD HIM
TO A TELEVISION NEWS ROOM.
>> I WANT TO MAJOR, HOPEFULLY,
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, JOURNALISM
OR EXCOMMUNICATION OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IN COLLEGE.
I ALSO WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN
COLLEGE.
>> HIS WORK ETHIC AN
INSPIRATION.
NO REASON TO COMPLAIN.
I'M YOUNG.
I'M JUST GOING TO WORK HARD,
WHEREVER IT TAKES ME IT TAKES
ME.
>> IT WAS BIT INTIMIDATING WHEN
HIS DAD LOOKED AT ME AND SAID MY
SON KIND OF WANTS YOUR JOB.
>> OKAY.
WELL, HE'S KIND OF QUALIFIED FOR
IT.
WHEN HE ASKS HIM WHERE HE GETS
HIS WORK ETHIC FROM.
HE SAID HE GETS IT FROM HIS